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mato da estrada

English translation: roadside brush/vegetation

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Portuguese term or phrase:mato da estrada
English translation:roadside brush/vegetation
Entered by: Oliver Simões

00:22 Aug 10, 2017
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Portuguese term or phrase: mato da estrada
Does using "mato" in this context refer to something like "roadside brush," or is this a particular idiom or construction with its own meaning? "Na parte superior da praia, perto do mato da estrada, os caraguejos aparecem fora de seus buracos."
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Local time: 10:28
roadside brush/vegetation
Explanation:
You hit the nail on the head.
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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 07:28
Grading comment
Thank you all!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4roadside brush/vegetation
Oliver Simões
3close to the weeds that line the road
Barbara Cochran, MFA


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
roadside brush/vegetation


Explanation:
You hit the nail on the head.

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 07:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles R. Castleberry: brush
43 mins
  -> Thanks, Charles.
agree  Andrew Bramhall: also ' brush';
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Oliver.
agree  Katie Uniacke: Vegetation sounds better to me
11 hrs
  -> Thanks, Katie.
agree  Verginia Ophof
23 hrs
  -> Thanks, Verginia
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
close to the weeds that line the road


Explanation:
Reference: Larousse

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 10:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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